To me its clear that Amazon saw what Apple did with the iPod and iTunes, and copied their model. Which works quite well I might add.
Hardware-wise there isnt a big gap between the two except the connectivity capability, which puts the Kindle above the Sony feature wise. Factor in the Amazon store (iAmazon so to speak) and its all around a better experience IMO.
Sony's backend services are way behind Amazon, had they offered a more compelling online store that was OS neutral (big mistake) it would have been a different story.
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